English Heritage sites near Maxstoke Parish
KENILWORTH CASTLE AND ELIZABETHAN GARDEN
10 miles from Maxstoke Parish
Once home to Robert Dudley, the great love of Queen Elizabeth I. Today you can walk in the beautifully recreated Elizabethan garden and marvel at the mighty Norman keep.
J. W. EVANS SILVER FACTORY
10 miles from Maxstoke Parish
Established in 1881, J. W. Evans is one of the most complete surviving historic factories in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.
WALL ROMAN SITE
14 miles from Maxstoke Parish
Wall was an important staging post on Watling Street, the Roman military road to North Wales. It provided overnight accommodation for travelling Roman officials and imperial messengers.
HALESOWEN ABBEY
16 miles from Maxstoke Parish
Remains of abbey founded by King John in the 13th century.
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH CASTLE
20 miles from Maxstoke Parish
Ashby Castle forms the backdrop to the famous jousting scenes in Sir Walter Scott's classic novel of 1819, Ivanhoe. Now a ruin, the castle began as a manor house in the 12th century.
KIRBY MUXLOE CASTLE
21 miles from Maxstoke Parish
The picturesque moated remains - including the fine gatehouse and a complete corner tower - of this brick-built fortified mansion have recently been extensively conserved by English Heritage.
Churches in Maxstoke Parish
St Michael & All Angels
Maxstoke Village
Maxstoke
Birmingham
(01675) 462188
http://coleshillparishchurch.org.uk
This church shares its Priest and Lay Readers with Ss. Peter & Paul, Coleshill. As part of a signed covenant we work together wherever possible with Coleshill Parish Church and Coleshill United Church.